![]() ![]() Pocket is tiny, he was raised in a nunnery, and he’s extraordinarily foulmouthed. ![]() I met with my editor in New York and said, “Look, I want to do a book about a fool, but I don’t know whether to do just any fool or Lear’s fool.” She said, “Oh, do Lear’s fool,” which sent me into three years of learning Shakespeare’s canon. I originally wanted to do a book about any fool, a generic fool, because of that very reason. He’s in the most actual danger for being the fool, which was what I was going for. But otherwise, he’s pretty prominent, and of all of Shakespeare’s fools, he is the one who speaks the most truth to power. Anybody who’s familiar with King Lear knows that the fool disappears more or less in the middle of the play. ![]() Well, Pocket is based on the fool from King Lear. Your new book is called The Serpent of Venice, and it features the return of your character Pocket, who first appeared in your 2009 novel, Fool. Visit g to listen to the entire interview and the rest of the show, in which the host and his guests discuss various geeky topics. This interview first appeared on ’s The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, which is hosted by David Barr Kirtley. ![]() His latest novel is The Serpent of Venice, his second novel featuring Pocket, King Lear’s Fool. Series: The Tales of Gorlen VizenfirtheĬhristopher Moore is the author of eleven novels, including the international bestsellers, Lamb, A Dirty Job, and You Suck.Series: From the Lost Travelers’ Tour Guide.People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!. ![]()
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